Craig Finn
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| Born | August 22, 1971 |
| Genre(s) | Post-punk, alternative rock, indie rock |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Label(s) | French Kiss, Vagrant |
| Associated acts | Lifter Puller The Brokerdealer and The Hold Steady |
Craig Finn is an American singer and guitarist born in Boston, Massachusetts, but was raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is best known as the front man for bands Lifter Puller and The Hold Steady. He currently lives in New York City.
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[edit] Education
He graduated from Breck School, and in 1993 from Boston College.
[edit] Musical career
[edit] With Lifter Puller
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[edit] With The Hold Steady
He moved to New York City in the fall of 2000, after Lifter Puller broke up, for a change and because he and his wife knew people there.[1] He has said that lyrically, with The Hold Steady, he's been trying to produce a more positive, coherent, story-based message, in a natural way that he could imagine someone saying.[2]
[edit] Work with Other Artists
He worked with Minneapolis rapper P.O.S. on the song "Safety In Speed (Heavy Metal)" which was released on the 2006 album Audition.
In between Lifter Puller and The Hold Steady, he did a project with Mr. Projectile known as The Brokerdealer, a techno styled group. They released two unnamed EPs on http://www.thebrokerdealer.net/. This website has shut down, but the songs are still floating around the Internet.
[edit] Influences
Finn has listed Blake Schwarzenbach from Jets to Brazil / Jawbreaker and Bruce Springsteen as some of his influences, lyrically.[3] In a Guardian article, he described the The Replacements' Let It Be as his "favorite ever record."[4] The Doors' L.A. Woman was influential in a different way. As he told the same newspaper: "The music meanders, and Morrison was more like a drunk asshole than an intelligent poet. The worst of the worst is the last song, Riders on the Storm: 'There's a killer on the road/ His brain is squirming like a toad' - that's surely the worst line in rock'n'roll history. He gave the green light to generations of pseuds."[5]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=963 Kate Siver, 'The Hold Steady: Ex-Lifter Puller Members Return from NYC Exile as the Hold Steady', The Pulse of the Twin Cities, Wednesday 10 March @ 15:12:06
- ^ http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=963 Kate Siver, 'The Hold Steady: Ex-Lifter Puller Members Return from NYC Exile as the Hold Steady', The Pulse of the Twin Cities, Wednesday 10 March @ 15:12:06
- ^ http://www.bigyawn.net/features/holdsteady-interview.htm By Jason, 'Keep it Steady', BigYawn.net
- ^ 'I was no longer a loser' | | Guardian Unlimited Arts
- ^ Sgt Pepper must die! | | Guardian Unlimited Arts
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